Monday, August 4, 2014

Carmel Clay Historical Society To Discuss 19th Century Causes of Death

The Carmel Clay Historical Society in Hamilton County will meet on Wednesday, August 27 at 6:30 pm in the program room of the Carmel Clay Public Library (55 4th Ave. SE, Carmel IN). Virginia Terpening, former director of the Indiana Medical History Museum, and James Dillon, MD will present a program about the common diseases and causes of death for ancestors in the 1800's (including ague, brain fever, dropsy, and spotted fever).